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Failure to Cover among 16 Charges against Contractor
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10/28/2015
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State: FL | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Legal
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A Florida contractor accused of ripping off elderly customers also faces three counts of failing to secure workers' compensation coverage for his employees, according to a report by News Cha...Read More
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Former Police Officer Pleads No Contest in $50,000 WC Fraud
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10/27/2015
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State: CT | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Legal
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A former police officer accused of collecting more than $50,000 in a workers' compensation fraud has received a suspended prison sentence after pleading no contest to two charges of larceny.
David McElroy, who resigned from the New London, Connecticut, police force just ahea...Read More
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Fall Hazards Bring 3rd OSHA Citation against Roofing Co.
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10/26/2015
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State: TX | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance
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A complaint to the U.S. Occupational Safety and Health Administration led to proposed fines of $53,900 against a Houston-based roofing company for exposing workers to fall hazards.
OSHA said it inspected a job site in Abilene, Texas, in May and afterward cited Peak Roofing Inc. for one wi...Read More
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Former Cop Pleads Guilty to Doctor Shopping for Drugs
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10/22/2015
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State: VA | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Legal
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A former police officer who went doctor shopping for prescription narcotics, pretending he needed them for treatment of an on-the-job injury, pleaded guilty to a fraud charge on Monday, according to ...Read More
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Fish Hatchery Exposed Workers to Confined-Space Hazards
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10/22/2015
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State: MI | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance
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The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service exposed workers at the Pendills Creek National Fish Hatchery in Brimley, Michigan, to atmospheric, water, amputation and asbestos hazards by failing to evaluate tanks and pits for confined-space hazards.
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Fee Schedule Redesign Aims to Ease Navigation
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10/21/2015
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State: ND | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Vendor
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North Dakota's information portal on medical fee schedules has been restructured in a design aimed at making it easier to navigate.
The updated fee schedule section of the Workforce Safety and Insurance site has added new options and designs to search for and download information...Read More
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Fine for Drilling Company Following Death of Construction Worker
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10/19/2015
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State: NE | Segment: Safety | 0 | Popular with Insurance
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A drilling company faces fines of close to $15,000 following the fatal injury of a worker at a job site in Nebraska.
BS Pilings Solutions, of Riverside, Missouri, was fined for failing to properly rig a load, to train those working around cranes and suspended loads and to r...Read More
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Fatal Explosion Results in almost $1M in Fines
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10/16/2015
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State: NE | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Insurance
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A railcar cleaning company faces close to one million dollars in fines after an explosion that killed two of its workers.
Moments before the two employees, ages 41 and 45, were sent in to a railcar, a check of the air quality indicated a serious risk of an explosion, an investigation...Read More
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Flooring Contractor Cited for Labor Law Violations
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10/14/2015
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State: RI | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Legal
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The Rhode Island labor department has ordered a second contractor to pay penalties and back wages to workers whom state regulators say were misclassified as independent contractors.
State Department of Labor and Training Director Scott Jensen said the department on Sept. 24 ordered Mancie...Read More
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